A blazing new story collection that will make you feel like the house is collapsing in on you; from the three-time International Booker Prize finalist; 'lead[ing] a vanguard of Latin American writers forging their own 21st-century canon.' –O; the Oprah magazine The seven houses in these seven stories are strange. A person is missing; or a truth; or memory; some rooms are enticing; some unmoored; others empty. But in Samanta Schweblin’s tense; visionary tales; something always creeps back in: a ghost; a fight; trespassers; a list of things to do before you die; or the fallibility of parents. Seven Empty Houses offers an entry point into a fiercely original mind; and a slingshot into Schweblin’s destabilizing; exhilarating literary world. In each story; the twists and turns will unnerve and surprise: Schweblin never takes the expected path and instead digs under the skin and reveals uncomfortable truths about our sense of home; of belonging; and of the fragility of our connections with others. This is a masterwork from one of our most brilliant modern writers.